The story in pictures of the early electric cars, 1880-1920

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Early electric cars found a lucrative market for driving around cities. Rechargeable batteries that provided a viable means for storing electricity on board a vehicle did not come into being until 1859, with the invention of the lead–acid battery by French physicist Gaston Planté. What is likely the first human-carrying electric vehicle with its own […]

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